Prabal Gurung had a huge success with the slogan T-shirts he sent out at the finale of his Fall show. They didn’t make it into the lookbook for Resort, but they were hanging on the rack amidst the fancier fare he’s known for. “Love Is Love” one read; another said “Femininity With a Bite.” Gurung has long made his politics known, through his collections and his charity initiative, Shikshya Foundation Nepal, which brings education to the underprivileged children of the country where he was raised.

At a Resort preview today, he pinned his mood board with photographs by “the Andy Warhol of Marrakech,” Hassan Hajjaj, of Moroccan women in polka-dot abayas and camouflage hijabs. “I’ve always been attracted to his work and its conversation about globalization and borders,” Gurung said. Those pictures suggested he might head in a military direction à la the Asgarda collection he did for Fall 2013. Quite the contrary, this was an uncomplicatedly pretty offering. He de-emphasized tailoring (save for a sharp-yet-curvy, cherry-red pantsuit) in favor of dresses and separates that looked like dresses, and a cheery palette of petal pink, sky blue, and a zesty olive green. If, at times, you wish Gurung would take more risks, there’s no denying the man knows his way around a frock. The archetypal Gurung dress is bias cut, with fluttery sleeves, and a suggestive cutout edged with silk buttons. This season it came in a floral jacquard in that petal pink, and it was lovely.